Amenities

N.P. Samant Library

The IIE library was established in the year 1977 and it was named after the institute’s
former Chairman Shri. N.P. Samant.. It is housed in a spacious area within the campus,
measuring to 1750 sq. ft. and has a rich collection of over 30000 publications including
books, bound volumes, thesis/dissertations, periodicals, reports, government documents
related to social sciences. Rare collection or books and articles written by eminent
educationist, Evan Ellich and Prof. J.P. Naik are among the pride possessions of
the library. As the N. P. Samant Library is a depository library of UNESCO, it periodically
receives books published by UNESCO and these are made available to its users. The
reference section of this library consists of encyclopedias and dictionaries of
social sciences, psychology, education, religion, census reports (bound volumes
and CD Roms) and yearbooks. The library is widely used by students, research scholars
and teaching staff from various institutions and even staff from different NGOs.

Books and Journals

The library currently possesses 75 periodicals, among which 20 journals are subscribed
by the library and others are received on exchange and complimentary basis. It also
has a collection of about 29593 books and 118 new books were purchased by the library
during the year 2011-12.

Library Timings

The library remains open on all working days between 10.00 am to 5.45 pm. It remains
closed on second and fourth Saturdays of every month and on all Sundays and public
holidays.

Library Membership
The details of the kind of membership one can avail is given below.